Frank R. Ettensohn
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Activity
2024
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RE-EXAMINATION OF A MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN CARBONATE MUD-MOUND COMPLEX IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
23 D1. Carbonate Sedimentology (Posters)Monday, 15 April 20241:30 PM - 5:30 PMGrand Ballroom
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PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF MID- TO UPPER HOLOCENE CALCAREOUS TUFA DEPOSITS FROM THE BOURKAÏZ ALLUVIAL FAN, NORTHERN MOROCCO
21 Geochemical Proxies for Marine and Continental PaleoenvironmentsMonday, 15 April 20243:50 PM - 5:30 PMWindsor Ballroom Salon A
2023
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BLACK SHALES AND BASIN YOKING IN THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND
T159 The Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic Evolution of the Eastern Laurentian Margin—Tectonic, Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Geochronologic Evidence II: In Honor of William A. “Bill” ThomasTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM317 / 318
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REVISED CLASSIFICATION AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE DEVONIAN STEMLESS CRINOID GENUS EDRIOCRINUS HALL, 1858
117 D26. Recent Developments in Paleoecology and Taphonomy IMonday, 16 October 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PM306 / 307
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USING 3-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRUCTURAL CONTROL ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
42 Small-Scale Geologic Mapping in the Northeastern U.S.: Addressing the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program’s Goals for a Seamless, National 2D/3D Geologic Framework Model of the United StatesSunday, 19 March 20239:55 AM - 12:00 PMLake Audubon
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LATE ORDOVICIAN TRACE FOSSILS LEFT BY FIXOSESSILE CORAL COLONIES AT A PRE-BENTONITE DIASTEM, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, USA
14 Integrated Ichnostratigraphy: Trace Fossils at UnconformitiesFriday, 17 March 20231:30 PM - 3:10 PMRegency Ballroom B
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UNDERSTANDING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF APPALACHIAN OROGENIES USING THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF FLEXURAL, FORELAND-BASIN, TECTOPHASE CYCLES: EXAMPLES FROM THE TACONIAN OROGENY
16 Using the Sedimentary Record to Investigate Appalachian and Ouachita TectonicsFriday, 17 March 20233:25 PM - 5:30 PMRegency Ballroom B
2022
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NEOACADIAN TECTONISM AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SUNBURY BLACK SHALE, EAST-CENTRAL UNITED STATES
25 Integrated Studies of Paleozoic Black ShaleFriday, 8 April 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PMNorth Meeting Room 205
2021
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USING BLACK SHALES TO DISCERN BASIN YOKING
9 Unravelling Sedimentary Basins I: A Session in Memory of Paul E. PotterMonday, 19 April 20211:00 PM - 5:00 PMUALR Earth Science Room
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USING THE CONFLUENCE OF FLEXURAL MODELS, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND ABSOLUTE DATING TO DETERMINE THE DURATION OF CLASTIC-WEDGE FORMATION IN TWO APPALACHIAN TECTOPHASES
16 D3. Southern Appalachian and Analogous Terranes IIFriday, 2 April 20211:30 PM - 5:30 PMFMR, Inc. Room
2020
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LATEST DEVONIAN ALPINE GLACIATION FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN AND ITS POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON COEVAL BLACK-SHALE DEPOSITION
T202 An Interdisciplinary View of Paleozoic Glaciations and Icehouse Climates: Sedimentology, Paleoclimate, Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and ModelingThursday, 29 October 20201:30 PM - 5:30 PMMeeting Rooms
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FILLING A FORELAND BASIN: MODELS FROM THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
17 Stratigraphic Problems and Solutions in the Appalachian BasinFriday, 20 March 20203:25 PM - 5:30 PMLake Audubon
2019
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LATE MISSISSIPPIAN SEDIMENTATION ON EASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL LAURUSSIA: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEOACADIAN AND OUACHITA TECTONISM, EUSTASY, AND PALEOCLIMATE
T294 Laurentian Evolution during the Late Mississippian to Early Permian: Interactions and Feedbacks between Tectonism, Climate, and Sedimentary SystemsWednesday, 25 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 228AB, North Building
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OCEAN PLATE STRATIGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE BANGONG-NUJIANG MESO-TETHYS SUTURE ZONE (TIBET, CHINA): INSIGHTS INTO SUBDUCTION INITIATION AND ARC-RELATED VOLCANISM
T244 Integrated Tectono-Sedimentary Records in the Tibetan Plateau and Adjacent AreasWednesday, 25 September 20198:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 231ABC, North Building
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INTERACTION OF REGIONAL STRUCTURE, TECTONICS, PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATE TO EXPLAIN RAPID CHANGE FROM WARM-WATER TO TEMPERATE-WATER CONDITIONS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL LAURENTIA AT THE LATE ORDOVICIAN BLACKRIVERIAN–TRENTON (TURINIAN–CHATFIELDIAN; LATE SANDBIAN) TRANSITION
2 Reconstructing Paleo-Environmental Changes IThursday, 28 March 20198:00 AM - 12:00 PMGold Ballroom
2018
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A DEBRIS-AVALANCHE ORIGIN FOR THE OLIGOCENE WEST ELK BRECCIA IN THE EASTERN GUNNISON AREA, COLORADO, U.S.A
270 D41. Volcanology (Posters)Wednesday, 7 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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GEOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL ATTRIBUTES OF TWO ECHINODERM-BEARING FAUNAS FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) RAMEY CREEK MEMBER, SLADE FORMATION, EASTERN KENTUCKY, U.S.A
T188 Echinoderm Paleobiology (Posters): In Honor of the Career of James SprinkleTuesday, 6 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY IN AN UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) ECHINODERM-RICH UNIT ACROSS FOUR CONTIGUOUS LITHOFACIES, CARTER COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
30 D12. Paleontological PotpourriFriday, 13 April 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 301 B
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AN EARLIER INCEPTION FOR THE ACADIAN OROGENY IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS? POSSIBLE EVIDENCE FROM MIGRATING HELDERBERGIAN (LATE SILURIAN–EARLY DEVONIAN) BLACK-SHALE BASINS
13 Longstanding Problems and New Ideas About the Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Appalachians and Other Mountain Belts II: In Honor of the Career of Robert D. Hatcher Jr.Thursday, 12 April 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 301 C
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PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN (LATE OSAGEAN, EARLY VISÉAN) FORT PAYNE CARBONATE MUD-MOUND COMPLEX, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
18 D7. Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and Diagenesis (Posters)Thursday, 12 April 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 301 DE/Henley Concourse
2017
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THE BORDEN-GRAINGER-FT. PAYNE STRATIGRAPHIC COMPLEX OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A.: THE SYNERGISTIC INFLUENCE OF TECTONICS, PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY
11 Topics in Paleozoic Paleontology and StratigraphyThursday, 30 March 20171:00 PM - 5:00 PMRoanoke Room
2016
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THE PHENOMENON OF NORTH AMERICAN SHALE GAS: GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
31 Black Shale and Associated Strata: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and PaleontologyTuesday, 19 April 20161:30 PM - 5:30 PMIllinois Ballroom C
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACADIAN/NEOACADIAN TECTONISM (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) ALONG THE EASTERN MARGIN OF LAURUSSIA AND COEVAL SEDIMENTATION IN THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
30 Integrating Complementary Records of Paleozoic Orogenies in the Appalachians: Bridging the Foreland and HinterlandTuesday, 22 March 20168:00 AM - 12:00 PMMeeting Room 2
2015
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A COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON LATE MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) ECHINODERM FAUNULES FROM EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
T301 Echinoderm Paleobiology: Diversity, Form, and Phylogeny (Posters)Wednesday, 4 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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CRATONWARD EXTENSION OF DARK, GAS-SHALE DEPOSITION THROUGH BASIN YOKING: EXAMPLES FROM THE ORDOVICIAN AND DEVONIAN OF NORTH AMERICA
T73 Shale Gas Basins: Their Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, Tectonics, and Structural EvolutionSunday, 1 November 20151:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 307
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A HISTORY AND CENSUS REPORT FROM TWO LATE MISSISSIPPIAN BRYOZOAN/ECHINODERM FAUNULES, POWELL COUNTY, EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
29 PaleontologyFriday, 20 March 20151:00 PM - 5:00 PMWalker
2014
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POSSIBLE TECTONIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROL ON ORDOVICIAN BLACK-SHALE DISTRIBUTION DURING THE TACONIAN OROGENY, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN, U.S.A
T257 The Ordovician Revolution: Co-Evolution of Climate and the BiosphereTuesday, 21 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM215/216
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CLASTIC WEDGES AS RESPONSES TO CRUSTAL RELAXATION FOLLOWING OROGENIC LOADING: EXAMPLES FROM THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
36 In Honor and Memory of Dr. Robert B. Neuman: New Directions in Southern Appalachian Geologic Research, Foreland to HinterlandFriday, 11 April 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PMAssembly Hall
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POSSIBLE LATE DEVONIAN GLACIOGENIC INFLUENCE ON COEVAL, FORELAND-BASIN, BLACK-SHALE DEPOSITION
16 Acadian Paleoenvironments of the Appalachians: Mountains Carved by “Alpine” Glaciers, Forested Lowlands and Swamps, and a Marine Foreland Basin with Limited CirculationSunday, 23 March 20141:30 PM - 4:10 PMCommonwealth Salon 4
2013
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UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND SYNDEPOSITIONAL FAULTING REFLECT LIKELY OUACHITA FLEXURAL FOREBULGE EFFECTS, EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
195 Recent Advances in Stratigraphic ResearchTuesday, 29 October 20138:00 AM - 12:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4EF
2012
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GENERATING DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK-SHALE REPOSITORIES IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN: REFINING THE TECTONIC MODELS
4 Shales during the Devonian: Facies Observed through New Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Paleoenvironmental PerspectivesMonday, 23 April 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 302
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APPROXIMATING WATER DEPTHS DURING DEPOSITION OF DEVONIAN–MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK SHALES IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
4 Shales during the Devonian: Facies Observed through New Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Paleoenvironmental PerspectivesMonday, 23 April 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 302
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USING DISCONTINUITY SURFACES FOR STRATIGRAPHIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
31 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology (Posters)Monday, 2 April 20121:30 PM - 5:00 PMGrand Ballroom
2011
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FLEXURAL AND SEDIMENTARY RESPONSES OF THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN TO NEOACADIAN OROGENY
T146 Structural Geology and Tectonics of Foreland BasinsTuesday, 11 October 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 200DE
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SEDIMENT STARVATION IN THE CENTRAL AND DISTAL APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN DURING THE NEOACADIAN OROGENY, THE FLOYDS KNOB BED OF KENTUCKY, INDIANA, TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS
T146 Structural Geology and Tectonics of Foreland BasinsTuesday, 11 October 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 200DE
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POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LATE DEVONIAN ALPINE GLACIATION AND BLACK SHALES
53 Devonian Climate and Paleoecology—Insight from Stratigraphic Studies IITuesday, 22 March 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMConference A
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ACADIAN/NEOACADIAN TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN SEDIMENTATION IN THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
29 Devonian Climate and Paleoecology—Insight from Stratigraphic Studies IMonday, 21 March 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMBob Hope
2010
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MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN (LATE OSAGEAN) GLAUCONY HORIZONS IN EAST-CENTRAL U.S.A.: A FORELAND-BASIN SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE TO LITHOPSHERIC RELAXATION DURING NEOACADIAN TECTONISM
278 Recent Advances in Stratigraphy Geology IIWednesday, 3 November 20101:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 303
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PALYNOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF A LATE DEVONIAN DROPSTONE IN KENTUCKY WITH DIAMICTITE-BEARING SECTIONS IN MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA
275 Paleontology IX - Biostratigraphy and IchnologyWednesday, 3 November 20101:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 601
2008
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Kentucky Dropstones and the Case for Late Devonian Alpine Glaciation in the Appalachian Basin (USA) with Implications for Appalachian Tectonics and Black-Shale Sedimentation
261 Sediments, Carbonates / ClasticTuesday, 7 October 20081:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Large-Scale, Tectonic Controls on the Origin of Paleozoic, Black-Shale, Source-Rock Basins in the Appalachian Foreland-Basin Region
T184 Models of Folding and Structural History of Shale BasinsMonday, 6 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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CARBONATE PETROLOGY, CONSERVATION AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF HISTORIC MORTARS
20 Cultural Geology: Building Stones, Historic Cement and Mortar, and Archaeological MaterialsFriday, 25 April 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CORRELATION IN AN UPPER ORDOVICIAN PLATFORM FACIES-MOSAIC: LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
2 New Approaches and Initiatives in Paleozoic High-Resolution Stratigraphy: A Session Commemorating 15 Years of Views from the Craton and Beyond IThursday, 24 April 20089:00 AM - 11:20 AM
2007
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THE INFLUENCE OF LAURENTIAN PROMONTORIES AND REENTRANTS ON APPALACHIAN, FORELAND-BASIN SEDIMENTATION AND STRATIGRAPHY
T230 Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients and Recesses from Reentrants [Embayments] and Promontories in the Continental Margin II: Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of Advances Derived from Bill Thomas’ 1977 American Journal of Science PaperWednesday, 31 October 20072:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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STORM-BED TAPHONOMY OF LATE ORDOVICIAN (EDENIAN) CYCLOCYSTOIDS FROM THE MILLERSBURG MEMBER, LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY
22 Paleontological PotpourriFriday, 30 March 20078:00 AM - 12:20 PM
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CHARACTERIZING AND INTERPRETING THE MICROSTRATIGRAPHY OF A STROMATOLITE/THROMBOLITE FROM A HYPERSALINE INLAND LAKE, SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS
22 Paleontological PotpourriFriday, 30 March 20078:00 AM - 12:20 PM
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INTERPRETING THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF UNCONFORMITIES IN THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
4 "Great" Unconformities in the Appalachians: Their Temporal and Tectonic SignificanceThursday, 29 March 20078:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2004
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PALEOECOLOGY OF AN EARLY CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR TRACKWAY SITE, UPPER GLEN ROSE FORMATION, SATTLER, TEXAS
48 Dinosaurs of Eastern North America IIFriday, 26 March 20041:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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BRYOZOAN REEF-MOUNDS IN THE LEXINGTON LIMESTONE (ORDOVICIAN, KENTUCKY)
53 Paleontology/Paleobotany (Posters)Friday, 26 March 20041:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2003
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A POSSIBLE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TSUNAMITE: DUFFIN BED, NEW ALBANY SHALE OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
240 Sediments, Clastic IIWednesday, 5 November 20031:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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ORIGIN OF A MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN EDRIOASTEROID FIRMGROUND, LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY
8 PaleontologyThursday, 13 March 20031:00 PM - 5:30 PM
2002
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DEVELOPING A CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR SEISMITES
42 Event Stratigraphy: Evidence for Volcanic, Eustatic, Biotic, Isotopic, and Seismic Events in the Paleozoic Sedimentary RecordFriday, 5 April 20028:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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APPROXIMATING ABSOLUTE DEPTHS FOR DEVONIAIN-MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK SHALES IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN, EASTERN UNITED STATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EUSTATIC VS. TECTONIC CONTROL OF SEA LEVEL
26 Black Shales—Old Problems, New Solutions IThursday, 4 April 20028:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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CHANGES ACROSS THE TRENTON-MAQUOKETA (SUB-SULPHUR WELL) UNCONFORMITY: STRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSES TO STRUCTURAL INVERSION AND INITIATION OF THE TANGLEWOOD BUILDUP, MIDDLE/UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY
3 Carbonate Stratigraphy-Geochemistry-Diagenesis (Posters)
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A NEW TYPE OF CARBONATE SEISMITE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN (MERAMECIAN) ST. LOUIS MEMBER OF THE SLADE FORMATION, EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
22 Sediments, Sedimentation, & Stratigraphy (Posters)
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Significance of Green-Mineral or Verdine Facies from Upper Ordovician and Middle Mississippian Rocks in the Western Appalachian Basin, East-Central Kentucky
304 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic (Posters)
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WHOLE-ROCK, STABLE-ISOTOPE COMPOSITION AND LITHOLOGIC UNITS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY
24 Stratigraphy (Posters)
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CONJOINED USE OF STRATIGRAPHIC/PALEONTOLOGIC PARAMETERS IN ESTABLISHING A TEMPORAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (CARADOCIAN) LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
58 Stratigraphy (Posters)